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WAGON FRAME. No. 432,343.

Patented July 15, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DANIEL S. TUTI-IILL, OF NEXVBURG, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HIRAM B. ODELL, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,343, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed April 7, 1890- Serial No. 346,959. (No model.)

To aZZ whom/ it may concern: said side bars, while said web 12' extends to Be it known that I, DANIEL S. TUTHILL, of the webs a and a of the latter. Said parts Newburg, in the county of Orange, and in the are secured together bymeans of angle-plates State of NewYork, have invented certain new and O, which are placed within the inner 55 and useful Improvements in \Vagon Frames angles formed by said intersecting webs, and or Beds; and I do hereby declare that the folare bolted or riveted to the same. At their lowing is a full, clear, and exact description rear ends the side barsAandAare connected thereof, reference being had to the accomtogether by means of an L-shaped bar D, panying drawings, in which which has its horizontal member placed be- 60 IO Figure 1 is a perspective view from the upneath audits vertical member placed in rear of per side of the bed of my wagon-body. Fig. 2 said ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Said parts is a like view of the same from the lower are firmly united by means of bolts or rivets side. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inpassed through their horizontal portions, and tersecting portions of one of the cross-bars angle-plates E and E, that are placed within 65 [5 and a central rail. Fig. 4 is a section of the the inner angles formed by their intersecting same and a side railat their points of union. vertical parts, where they are fastened by Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a side-board bolts orrivets,which pass horizontally through separated from the bed. Figs. (3 and 7 are the same. I respectively outer and inner elevations of Between the side bars A and A are placed 70 said side-board when in place; and Fig.8 isa two or more rails F and F, which are formed cross-section of the bed, the side-boards, and from inverted T-iron, and have their rear the bottom-boards. ends secured to the cross-bar D by angle- Letters of like name and kind refer to like plates E and E and bolts or rivets, substanparts in each of the figures. tially as in case of said side bars with said 75 2 The object of my invention is to secure cross-bar. The front ends of said rails are sufficient strength and rigidity in the beds or mitered into the cross-bar B, and secured to frames of wagon-bodies to enable them to the same by means of angle-plates O and C, withstand the strains to which they are subas in the combining of said last-named crossjected when used for transporting ice and bar with said sidebars. The frame thuscon- 8o other heavy articles; and to such end my instructed forms the bed of a wagon, and when vention consistsin the construction of aframe in use has the spaces between the side bars or bed and of its connecting parts, and of A and A and rails F and F filled by means of their combination with each other, substanboards G and G, that are loosely fitted to the tiallyas and for the purpose hereinafter specispaces and rest upon and are supported by 8 fied. the horizontal portions or flanges of said parts.

In the carrying of my invention into prac- Upon the outer side of each of said side bars tice I employ for the side bars A and A of is fitted a side-board H, which'is provided my wagon-bed iron bars that in cross-section with a rabbet h, that fits over the web a, and have the form of the letter T, and are known causes the inner faces of said web and board 90 4o commercially as T-iron. Said bars are to be substantially flush. Said boards are seinverted, so as to cause the vertical web a to cured in place by means of straps h h, &c., be uppermost, are arranged in parallel lines, several of which are secured vertically upon and near their front ends are connected to the inner face of each board, and have their gether by means of a T-shaped cross-bar B. lower threaded ends passed through corre- 5 Each of said side bars has a comparatively spondiug openings in the horizontal portion narrow flange or head upon its outer side, a of the bar, and upon said projecting ends while in case of said cross-bar its horizontal are provided with nuts 7L2 7L2. member Z) extends forward from its web 1), Secured upon the front side of the web I) but about one-fourth of its width in rear of of the cross-bar B is a third board I, which I00 said web. The said horizontal member I) is extends between the side-boards H and H, mitered into the like members a and a of and is held in place by means of bolts that pass through said end-board and web, and, if desired, by means of straps, which pass around the intersecting ends of said sideboards II and I. The front ends of the side bars A and A extend beyond the cross-bar B, so as to furnish a support for a foot-board K, which rests upon and is secured to the horizontal members a and a upon the innersides of said side bars. Said projecting portions are bent upward at such angle as to give to said foot-board the necessaryinclination,and the web a of each side bar is cut away so as to restore its original horizontal line. The ends of the rear cross-bar D project beyond the side bars A and A for the purpose of receiving brace-irons for supporting the wagontop, and in order that such irons may be more readily attached thereto and to cause said ends to present a better appearance, the angle of each is filled in with a block (Z of wood or other suitable material. The wagon-frame thus constructed possesses great strength and rigidity, and is capable of resisting the heaviest strains to which it would be subjected by any ordinary use, while in consequence of the forms of the metal portions of said frame its weight is not materially greater than the weight of wagon-frames of usual construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improvementin wagons, in combination with the longitudinally-arranged T- shaped bars connected together at their front and rear ends, respectively, boards that are disposed between said bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improvement in wagon frames or beds, in combination, longitudinal T-shaped bars, a front Tshaped cross-bar whose horizontal member is connected to the horizontal members of said longitudinal bars, and a rear L-shaped cross-bar on whose horizontal memher said longitudinal bars rest, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

3. As an improvement in wagon frames or beds, in combination, two side bars T-shaped in cross-section, a bar connecting them at their rear ends, and a front bar T-shaped in cross-section, whose horizontal member is attached to the horizontalmember of said side bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. As an improvement in Wagon frames or beds, in combination, two side bars, the bars between, all being T-shaped in cross-section, the Lshaped bar connecting them together at their rear ends, the latter resting on the horizontal member of said L-shaped bar and attached to the vertical member thereof, and the T-shaped bar connected to the front ends of said first-named bars, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

5. As an improvement in wagons, in combination with the longitudinally-arranged T-shaped bars connected together at their front and rear ends, respectively, boards that are disposed between the vertical members or webs of said T-bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination with the T-shaped inverted side bar, a side-board which is adapted to fit into the outer angle or rabbet and over the upper edge of the web of the same, and is secured in place thereon by means of straps that are fastened upon the inner face of the side-board and extend downward through the inner portion of the sidebar, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

7. In combination with the cross-bar Band with the side-boards II and II, the end-board I, resting upon a flange on the bar B and connected to the latter and to said side-boards in the manner and for the purpose specified.

8. In combination with the upwardly-inclined front ends of the side bars A and A, the foot-board K, which rests upon and is socured to the inner horizontal portions of said bars, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of February, 1890.

DANIEL TU'IIIILL.

Witnesses:

E. L. WHITE, HENRY O. HAZARD. 

